William Arthur Keely, the 64-year-old Brandon Township man accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl introduced to him by his wife, a teacher, will be arraigned on multiple charges at 8:30 a.m., Dec. 26, in front of Sixth Judicial Circuit Court Judge Rudy Nichols.
Keely was bound over to the circuit court Monday on all charges, including three counts of child sexual abuse activity, a felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison; four counts of a felon in possession of a firearm; four counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, one count of criminal sexual conduct fourth degree; and one count of providing pornography to a minor.
He remains in the Oakland County Jail, unable to post a $6.5 million bond.
His wife, former Oxford High School teacher Margaret Sullivan Keely, was released from the Oakland County Jail where she was being held for contempt of court after she was granted an emergency motion for personal bond by 52-2 District Court Judge Dana Fortinberry, also on Monday. Conditions of her bond dictate that Margaret Keely wear a GPS tether, and have no contact with the victim, witnesses, nor any children under the age of 18, except relatives with adult supervision.
According to police reports, Margaret Keely befriended the victim at Oxford High School two years ago, when the girl was a 14-year-old freshman, and Keely was a special education teacher.
Keely then invited the victim, who was not a student of hers, to her home on Hummer Lake Road to do odd jobs around the house as a laborer.
Margaret Keely introduced the victim to her husband, who had been convicted of four counts of criminal sexual conduct, second degree, in 2002 after sexually assaulting a 14-year-old foster child.
The Oxford victim was at the Keely home on weekends during the course of the past two years and then in April, William Keely allegedly requested she test sex toys that he provided under the false ruse that she would be paid by a company that made the devices.
On June 26, William Keely invited the girl to come over and watch a movie.
During the movie, Bouchard said Keely grabbed the victim’s breast, groin area and told her, ‘your body wants it.?
The girl fled the home and the assault was reported to police the following day.